Side-bar vehicle



(No Model.) I I I A. A. ABBOTT.

- $11) BAR VEHICLE. .,No 333,271. Patented Dec.g29, 1885.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. v

ARTHUR A. ABBOTT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SIDE-BAR VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 333,271, dated December 29, 1885.

Application filed July 27, 1885. Serial No. 172,804. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ARTHUR A. ABBOTT, a citizen of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Side- Bar Vehicles, of which the following is a full, clear, and precise description thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawing of the same, making part of this my specification.

The figure is a perspective view of the same, showing the relations and the adaptations of the parts covering the formof my invention.

In said accompanying drawing, A repre sents the ordinary axle, which may be of any suitable form. B is the fifth-wheel thereof. C is the side bar.

D represents a part of the fifth-wheel, and E E are the two parts, respectively, of the head-block attached to the fifth -'wheel and formed in one piece with the two side bars.

The object of my invention is the construction of a simple, powerful, and durable device, not heretofore existing in analogous structures of this character. The ordinary side-bar-vehicle gear is composed of several parts, one end of each side bar being attached to the rear axle, and the other to the head-block, with a connecting attachment of the head-block with the fifth wheel over and connected to the front axle. The objection to this construction is the speedy loosening of the clips connecting the different parts, owing to their position and manner of connecting; and, further, the side bars and head-blocks must be constructed of wood, as iron cannot be firmly clipped to iron, and the wood is liable to destruction by wear and breakage, and is at 'all times uncertain, unless constructed of such dimensions as to be impracticable in use and for sale, as strength of structure and lightness of appearance are the two desirable results to be obtained.

I am also aware that a continuous metal side bar in one piece has been constructed, connecting the front and rear axles by a U- shaped formation; but this construction has the disadvantage of being more expensive, difficult of formation, requiring more expensive material, and preventing the utilization of the material which can be incorporated in my device.

In my invention I construct a side-bar gearing made of iron in two parts, one side bar and one-half of the head-block being formed together as one piece, and the two'side bars and partial head-blocks so formed are firmly united to the fifth-wheel in the usual position, the rear ends of the side bars being attached to the hind axle. This construction is thus more cheap and effective than any heretofore employed, permits of easier replacement of any parts destroyed by accident or wear, permits the utilization of material otherwise worthless, takes less material, and admits of substantial latitude of connection between each side bar and the fifth-wheel.

I am aware that it has been proposed to make the side bars and head-block of the vehicle of one continuous piece of metal. I do not claim this construction; but

WVhat I claim is As a new article of manufacture, a side-barbuggy gear in two parts, the two side bars being of metal, forming the head-block in said two parts, meeting at or near the center of the front axle, in combination with the front and rear axles and fifth-wheel of the vehicle, substantially as shown and described.

. ARTHUR A. ABBOTT.

Witnesses: FREDERICK C. GooDwIN, E. L. HUBER. 

